Baltimore City officials say more than half of the speed citations issued within the city during the last fiscal year were issued to drivers who live outside of the city.

Figures released Friday showed of the 686,455 citations issued in the year ending June 30, 57-percent were issued to motorists who lived outside of Baltimore City. Six-percent were issued to motorists who live outside the state of Maryland.

City officials say the speed cameras generated $19.2-million in fines, which is more than $4-million than was expected.

The rest of the money is used to maintain roads, pay for traffic safety programs, snow and ice removal and street lighting.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has formed a task force to study the city's traffic camera system. It is reviewing locations of cameras, and citation accuracy rates.

Rawlings-Blake says the cameras which are located in school zones are designed to convince motorists to slow down.

"The message that we see from the numbers is more than 50-percent of the tickets are issued to people who live outside of the city, and they just don't get it."

Under state law, the city can place speed cameras in school zones. The cameras automatically snap pictures of motorists traveling at least 12 m.p.h. above the speed limit. Motorists are mailed a citation for a $40 fine.

Baltimore City has 75 fixed cameras, and seven portable cameras that are placed in school zones throughout the city.